Angela Perko is a self-taught painter here in Santa Barbara. Angela and her husband own a rare bookstore, and she credits the exposure to art books for sparking her interest in painting.
Tell me a bit about the cover story art and the other two paintings that you made, currently on view at Sullivan Goss Gallery. What was the inspiration behind them?
“The Headless Man,” which was the first painting I made, was quite different than the images used for the festival posters in the past, which often featured architectural landmarks. I wanted to offer an architectural alternative. So, with the “Arlington Theatre” piece, I wanted to express something about the magic of the event. It’s a sort of Brigadoonidea. Once a year, for a very brief period of time, this event appears and magically transforms our city.